Notice of the ordinary meeting of the
Regional Transport Committee
Kōmiti ā-Rohe mō ngā Take Waka
Agenda
Rārangi take
Chair Cr
Brian McGurk
Deputy Chair Cr Judene Edgar
Members Her Worship the Mayor Rachel Reese
Cr Rohan O’Neill-Stevens
NZTA
Representative
Pat
Dougherty
Quorum: 3
Chief Executive
Nelson
City Council Disclaimer
Please
note that the contents of these Council and Committee Agendas have yet to be
considered by Council and officer recommendations may be altered or changed by
the Council in the process of making the formal Council decision.
Establishment and operation of the Regional Transport
Committee is governed by the Land Transport Management Act 2003.
Areas of Responsibilities:
·
Preparation of, or variations to a Regional Land Transport Plan, for
approval by Council
·
Preparation of or variation to a Regional Public Transport Plan,
for approval by Council
·
Provision of advice and assistance to Council in relation to its transport
responsibilities.
Powers to Decide:
·
To adopt a policy that determines significance in respect of
o variations
made to regional land transport plans under section 18D of the Land Transport
Management Act 2003
o activities
that are included in the regional land transport plan under section 16 of the
Land Transport Management Act 2003
·
To approve submissions to external bodies on policy documents
likely to influence the content of the Regional Land Transport Plan.
Powers to Recommend to Council:
·
Approval of Regional Land Transport Plan
·
Approval of any variations to the Regional Land Transport Plan
·
Approval of any variation to the Regional Public Transport Plan
·
Any other recommendations regarding the committee’s advice
or assistance to Council in relation to its transport responsibilities.
Regional Transport Committee
22
June 2020
Page
No.
1. Apologies
Nil
2. Confirmation
of Order of Business
3. Interests
3.1 Updates
to the Interests Register
3.2 Identify
any conflicts of interest in the agenda
4. Public
Forum
5. Confirmation
of Minutes
5.1 2
December 2019 7 - 11
Document number M6592
Recommendation
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That the Regional Transport Committee
1. Confirms the minutes of the meeting
of the Regional Transport Committee, held on 2 December 2019, as a true and
correct record.
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6. Regional Transport
Committee Chair's Report 12 - 13
Document number R14839
Recommendation
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That
the Regional Transport Committee
1. Receives
the report Regional Transport Committee Chair's Report (R14839).
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7. Submission on the
Draft Government Policy Statement 2021 on Land Transport 14 - 20
Document number R13693
Recommendation
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That
the Regional Transport Committee
1. Receives
the report Submission on the Draft Government Policy Statement 2021 on Land
Transport (R13693) and its
attachment (A2378455); and
2. Approves retrospectively the
feedback from the Regional Transport Committee Chair to the Ministry of Transport
(A2378455 to Report R13693)
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8. Feedback on Arataki,
the Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency long term view 21 - 25
Document number R16940
Recommendation
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That
the Regional Transport Committee
1. Receives
the report Feedback on Arataki, the Waka Kotahi New Zealand Transport Agency
long term view (R16940) and its attachment (A2365952); and
2. Approves retrospectively the
feedback from the Regional Transport Committee Chair to Waka Kotahi New
Zealand Transport Agency (A2365952 to Report R16940)
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9. Nelson Future Access
Update 26 - 30
Document number R13755
Recommendation
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That
the Regional Transport Committee
1. Receives
the report Nelson Future Access Update (R13755) and its attachment (A2403485).
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10. Waka Kotahi: NZ Transport
Agency Update 31 - 44
Document number R15905
Recommendation
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That
the Regional Transport Committee
1. Receives
the report Waka Kotahi: NZ Transport Agency Update (R15905) and its attachments (A2402735 and
A2402744)
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Public Excluded Business
11. Exclusion
of the Public
Recommendation
That the Regional
Transport Committee
1.
Excludes the
public from the following parts of the proceedings of this meeting.
2.
The general subject of each matter to be
considered while the public is excluded, the reason for passing this resolution
in relation to each matter and the specific grounds under section 48(1) of the
Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 for the passing of
this resolution are as follows:
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Item
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General subject of each matter to be
considered
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Reason for passing this resolution in
relation to each matter
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Particular interests protected (where
applicable)
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1
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Regional Transport Committee Meeting -
Public Excluded Minutes - 2 December 2019
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Section 48(1)(a)
The public conduct of this matter would
be likely to result in disclosure of information for which good reason exists
under section 7.
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The withholding of the information is
necessary:
· Section 7(2)(b)(ii)
To protect
information where the making available of the information would be likely
unreasonably to prejudice the commercial position of the person who supplied
or who is the subject of the information
· Section 7(2)(i)
To
enable the local authority to carry on, without prejudice or disadvantage,
negotiations (including commercial and industrial negotiations)
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Regional Transport Committee
Minutes - 2 December 2019
Present: Councillor
B McGurk (Chairperson), Her Worship the Mayor R Reese, Mr J Harland, Councillors
J Edgar (Deputy Chairperson), and R O'Neill-Stevens
In
Attendance: Councillors Y Bowater and R Sanson, Group Manager
Infrastructure (A Louverdis), and Governance Adviser (J Brandt)
Apologies : Nil
1. Apologies
There were no apologies.
2. Confirmation of
Order of Business
There were no changes to the
order of business.
3. Interests
There were no updates to the
Interests Register, and no interests with items on the agenda were declared.
4 Public Forum
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Kate Malcolm – Nelson
Tasman Community Transport Trust
Ms Malcolm spoke about public
transport between Richmond and Nelson and the work the Nelson Tasman
Community Transport Trust had done to connect outlying areas in Tasman to the
NBUS service. Upcoming trials for commuter services were highlighted. She
said that the Trust would like to see the NZTA provide an express bus lane on
the state highway to increase efficiency and Council provide a suitable
vehicle for this express service. Ms Malcolm answered questions about current
funding and data that informed the level of demand.
Professor Charles Eason
– Cawthron Institute
Prof Eason spoke about the
urgent need to improve the safety on SH6 between Nelson and Blenheim, in
particular the corner with the turn off from SH6 to The Glen. He was
concerned about action being delayed due to anticipated changes now being
part of a bigger speed review by NZTA. On behalf of the Cawthron Institute,
Prof Eason requested that re-design be considered and that signage be
installed to reduce the danger of further accidents in the interim, with
urgency.
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4. Chairperson's Report
Document number R13648, agenda
pages 6 - 7 refer.
The Chairperson spoke to his report
and invited Team Leader Transport Activity Management, Sue McAuley, to provide
an update on Regional Land Transport Plan (RLTP) matters. Ms McAuley noted that
a Transport Special Interest Group had been set up by the broader local
government network to streamline RLTP work across the region. Opportunities
noted were a shared common purpose statement and objectives, a consistent
format and table of contents.
The Committee requested that an
RLTP workshop be held in early 2020, ahead of the next scheduled Regional
Transport Committee meeting, with attendance from Tasman District and
Marlborough District Councils if possible.
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Resolved RTC/2019/037
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That
the Regional Transport Committee
1. Receives the report
Chairperson's Report (R13648).
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McGurk/Edgar Carried
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5. SH6 Blenheim to
Nelson Speed Review Submission
Document number R12546, agenda
pages 8 - 18 refer.
Manager Transport and Solid
Waste, Marg Parfitt, made a correction to the officer recommendation, removing
the word Chair.
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Resolved RTC/2019/038
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That
the Regional Transport Committee
1. Receives the report
SH6 Blenheim to Nelson Speed Review Submission (R12546) and its attachments (A2286347 and A2285359); and
2. Approves
retrospectively the submission from the Regional Transport Committee to the
New Zealand Transport Agency (A2285359 to R12546).
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O'Neill-Stevens/Her Worship
the Mayor Carried
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6. Nelson Future Access
Update
Document number R12565, agenda
pages 19 - 24 refer.
New Zealand Transport Agency
(NZTA) representatives, Rhys Palmer and Coral Aldridge, presented the report
and answered questions regarding the endorsement of the packages for
consultation, the setting of community criteria through the Project Reference
Group, consideration of sea level rise and the uptake of public drop in
sessions.
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Resolved RTC/2019/039
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That
the Regional Transport Committee
1. Receives the report
Nelson Future Access Update (R12565)
and its attachment (A2305164).
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Edgar/O'Neill-Stevens Carried
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7. Waka Kotahi: NZ
Transport Agency Update
Document number R13616, agenda
pages 25 - 27 refer.
New Zealand Transport Agency
Representative, Jim Harland, gave a Powerpoint presentation (A2335360) and
answered questions about the reasons for the Atawhai speed review being
included in the broader SH6 (Blenheim to Nelson) review, the possibility of
decoupling it, timelines for anticipated speed limit changes and NZTA’s
plans to communicate the delay in changing speed limits.
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Resolved RTC/2019/040
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That
the Regional Transport Committee
1. Receives the report
Waka Kotahi: NZ Transport Agency Update (R13616) ; and its attachment (A2304588).
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O'Neill-Stevens/Edgar Carried
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Attachments
1 A2335360 - NZTA Presentation
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The meeting was
adjourned from 2.57p.m. to 3.11p.m.
8. Exclusion
of the Public
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Resolved RTC/2019/041
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That the Regional
Transport Committee
1. Excludes the public from the
following parts of the proceedings of this meeting.
2. The general subject of each matter
to be considered while the public is excluded, the reason for passing this
resolution in relation to each matter and the specific grounds under section
48(1) of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 for
the passing of this resolution are as follows:
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McGurk/O'Neill-Stevens Carried
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Item
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General subject of each matter to be
considered
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Reason for passing this resolution in
relation to each matter
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Particular interests protected (where
applicable)
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1
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Public Transport: Move to a Gross Price contract
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Section
48(1)(a)
The public
conduct of this matter would be likely to result in disclosure of information
for which good reason exists under section 7
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The withholding of the information is
necessary:
· Section
7(2)(b)(ii)
To protect
information where the making available of the information would be likely
unreasonably to prejudice the commercial position of the person who supplied
or who is the subject of the information
· Section 7(2)(i)
To enable the
local authority to carry on, without prejudice or disadvantage, negotiations
(including commercial and industrial negotiations)
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The meeting went into public excluded session at 3.13p.m.
and resumed in public session at 3.54p.m.
There being no further business the meeting ended at 3.54p.m.
Confirmed as a correct record of proceedings:
Chairperson
Date
Item 6: Regional
Transport Committee Chair's Report
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Regional Transport Committee
22 June 2020
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REPORT R14839
Regional
Transport Committee Chair's Report
1. Chair’s
foreword
1.1 My
Chair’s report centres on significant pieces of work coming our way as
detailed below.
2. Recommendation
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That the Regional Transport Committee
1. Receives
the report Regional Transport Committee Chair's Report (R14839).
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3. Update
3.1 SH6
(Nelson to Blenheim) Speed review
In
December I wrote to New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) requesting that the
section SH6 from Neale Park to Clifton Terrace be de-coupled from the wider SH6
(Nelson to Blenheim) speed limit review. NZTA replied on 24 January declining
to do so, also indicating that they would be in touch with a timeline as to
when speed limits could be introduced.
3.2 Stakeholder
Meeting with NZTA
On 11
March 2020, I and other members the Regional Transport Committee (RTC) attended
the Annual Stakeholder Meeting with Waka Kotahi NZTA. It was an opportunity to
hear from the new Chief Executive, Nicole Rosie, and other office holders from
the Agency.
3.3 Draft
Government Priority Statement (GPS)
The
Minister of Transport has released the Draft Government Policy Statement (GPS)
2021 on Land Transport. The government has indicated that it will invest $54
billion over the next decade 2020/21 to 2030/31.
The draft
GPS has increased investment in public transport, coastal shipping and walking
and cycling. Safety remains the top priority and $10 billion has been allocated
to reduce the number of deaths and serious injuries by 40%. These priorities
are a close fit to the priorities for the Nelson City Council.
The
Ministry of Transport is seeking feedback on the draft GPS 2021 and engagement
has closed. Officers have prepared a submission on behalf of the Nelson RTC.
3.4 Arataki
The NZTA
has also released Arataki (NZTA’s 10 year view of what is needed to
deliver on the government’s current priorities and long term objectives
for the land transport system) for feedback and officers have prepared feedback
on this matter.
Author: Brian
McGurk, Chairperson
Attachments
Nil
Item 7: Submission on
the Draft Government Policy Statement 2021 on Land Transport
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Regional Transport Committee
22 June 2020
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REPORT R13693
Submission
on the Draft Government Policy Statement 2021 on Land Transport
1. Purpose
of Report
1.1
To retrospectively approve the submission from the Regional Transport Committee
(RTC) on the Draft Government Policy Statement 2021 on Land Transport (GPS) to
the Ministry of Transport (MoT).
2. Recommendation
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That the Regional Transport Committee
1. Receives
the report Submission on the Draft Government Policy Statement 2021 on Land
Transport (R13693) and its
attachment (A2378455); and
2. Approves retrospectively the feedback from the Regional Transport
Committee Chair to the Ministry of Transport (A2378455 to Report
R13693)
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3. Background
3.1 The
GPS helps to guide investment in land transport by providing a long term
strategic view of the Government’s priorities for investment in the land
transport network. The draft GPS provides guidance on how approximately $4.5
billion should be spent through the National Land Transport Fund (NLTF) each
year. It provides signals for spending of a further $1.5 billion each year on
land transport through local government investment.
3.2 The
Draft GPS was issued by the MoT on 19 March 2020 for formal engagement under
Clause 67(c) of the Land Transport Management Act 2003 (LTMA). Originally
submissions closed 27 April 2020 but the date was extended to May 11th due to
COVID19. The full GPS was circulated to all RTC members and a MoT engagement
briefing was planned for April 2020 but Covid19 level 4 restrictions prevented
this.
3.3 The
draft GPS released on 19 March 2020 did not include any reference to COVID-19.
Ministry advice is that they will be considering how COVID could impact GPS
priorities but until the long-term impacts of COVID are known, the priorities
of the draft GPS 2021 still represent the Government’s 10 year aims, and
they therefore invite feedback on the current content.
4. Discussion
4.1 The
draft GPS 2021 builds on the strategic direction of GPS 2018 by maintaining the
priorities but updating them to align with recent policy work and simplifying
them. The Government is proposing to prioritise safety, better transport
options, improving freight connections, and climate change.
4.2 GPS
2018 was based on four strategic priorities for land transport investment, with
Safety and Access as the key priorities which Council strongly supported. The
Government has maintained the priorities of GPS 2018 but:
- has
updated them to reflect policy work that has taken place since GPS 2018 was
published, such as the development of Road to Zero.
- separated
Access into Better Travel Options and Improving Freight Connections
- expressed
value for money as a principle that applies to all investments, rather than a
strategic priority that could change as Government changes and
- no
longer has a split between key or supporting priorities.
4.3 A
feedback submission, prepared in conjunction with NCC’s transport
consultant Mr Neil Cree, was signed off by the Chair of the Regional Transport
Committee. Retrospective approval of the feedback submission is requested from
this Committee.
4.4 In
summary it supports refinements made to the government’s strategic
priorities as they are closely aligned with the RTC and Nelson City
Council’s strategic priorities and underpin a number of integrated
transport investigations and projects currently underway in the region. The
submission seeks stronger regional support to deliver against these strategic
priorities and supports proposed Government investment to better understand the
challenges and issues facing the domestic coastal shipping sector. It
notes that Port Nelson is one of the very few Ports in New Zealand without any
rail access.
4.5 The
full feedback submission to the MoT is appended as Attachment 1
Author: Margaret
Parfitt, Manager - Transport and Solid Waste
Attachments
Attachment 1: A2378455
Nelson RTC submission to Draft GPS 2021 ⇩
Item 7: Submission on the Draft Government Policy Statement 2021 on
Land Transport: Attachment 1
Item 8: Feedback on
Arataki, the Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency long term view
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Regional Transport Committee
22 June 2020
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REPORT R16940
Feedback
on Arataki, the Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency long term view
1. Purpose
of Report
1.1 To
retrospectively approve the feedback from the Regional Transport Committee to
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) on Arataki, the NZ Transport
Agency’s long term view.
2. Recommendation
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That the Regional Transport Committee
1. Receives
the report Feedback on Arataki, the Waka Kotahi New Zealand Transport Agency
long term view (R16940) and its attachment (A2365952); and
2. Approves retrospectively the feedback from the Regional Transport
Committee Chair to Waka Kotahi New Zealand Transport
Agency (A2365952 to Report R16940).
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2. Background
2.1 Arataki
is NZTA’s long term view from a national perspective and summarised at a
South Island and regional level. It represents the NZTA’s best
understanding of the Transport Network and key challenges based on current
information.
2.2 For
the Top of the South, the information contained in Arataki indicates a growing
economy and population that is aging. Key challenges are identified as climate
change, in particular sea level rise. NZTA uses this information to inform the
Transport Investment Proposal (TAIP).
2.3 NZTA
released its first version of Arataki early in 2020 and sought feedback from
co-investment partners. A further version of Arataki is expected in August
2020, once NZTA has gathered feedback and ascertained the impact of the final
Government Policy Statement expected in April.
2.4 A
pro forma feedback submission, prepared in conjunction with NCC’s
Transport expert advising consultant Mr Neil Cree, was signed off by the Chair
of the Regional Transport Committee. Retrospective approval of the feedback
submission is requested from this Committee.
2.5 The
feedback submission to NZTA is appended as Attachment 1.
Author: Margaret
Parfitt, Manager - Transport and Solid Waste
Attachments
Attachment 1: A2365952 Nelson RTC
feedback to NZTA on Arataki ⇩
Item 8: Feedback on Arataki, the Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency
long term view: Attachment 1
Item 9: Nelson Future
Access Update
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Regional Transport Committee
22 June 2020
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REPORT R13755
Nelson
Future Access Update
1. Purpose
of Report
1.1 To
update the Committee on the Nelson Future Access Project.
2. Recommendation
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That the Regional Transport Committee
1. Receives
the report Nelson Future Access Update (R13755) and its attachment (A2403485).
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3. Background
3.1 The
update from the New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) is appended as Attachment
1. The NZTA project managers will be in attendance at the meeting to answer any
questions and to provide any update further to their report.
Author: Alec
Louverdis, Group Manager Infrastructure
Attachments
Attachment 1: A23403485 - Nelson
Future Access Update ⇩
Item 9: Nelson Future Access Update: Attachment 1
Item 10: Waka Kotahi:
NZ Transport Agency Update
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Regional Transport Committee
22 June 2020
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REPORT R15905
Waka
Kotahi: NZ Transport Agency Update
1. Purpose
of Report
1.1 To
provide the Committee with the Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) update on
various items.
2. Recommendation
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That the Regional Transport Committee
1. Receives
the report Waka Kotahi: NZ Transport Agency Update (R15905) and its attachments (A2402735 and
A2402744)
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3. Background
3.1 This
report provides an update from the NZTA on a variety of issues (refer to
Attachments 1 and 2).
3.2 The
NZTA representatives will be in attendance at the meeting to answer any
questions and to provide any update further to their report.
Author: Margaret
Parfitt, Manager - Transport and Solid Waste
Attachments
Attachment 1: Nelson RTC NZTA
update 22 June 2020 (A2402735) ⇩
Attachment 2: Powerpoint
Nelson RTC NZTA update 22 June 2020 (A2402744) ⇩
Item 10: Waka Kotahi: NZ Transport Agency Update: Attachment 1
Item 10: Waka Kotahi:
NZ Transport Agency Update: Attachment 2
